Chigger mite (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) infestation in reed passerine birds in Central Europe: a case of the bearded tit Panurus biarmicus

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68081766%3A_____%2F23%3A00566516" target="_blank" >RIV/68081766:_____/23:00566516 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/chigger-mite-acariformes-trombiculidae-infestation-in-reed-passerine-birds-in-central-europe-a-case-of-the-bearded-tit-panurus-biarmicus/9E186F57A419B5BC5D0591C4AC492E2C" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/parasitology/article/chigger-mite-acariformes-trombiculidae-infestation-in-reed-passerine-birds-in-central-europe-a-case-of-the-bearded-tit-panurus-biarmicus/9E186F57A419B5BC5D0591C4AC492E2C</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182022001731" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0031182022001731</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Chigger mite (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) infestation in reed passerine birds in Central Europe: a case of the bearded tit Panurus biarmicus

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Larval trombiculid (chigger) mites are common ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates including humans, causing itching and skin inflammation known as trombiculiasis. Investigating their diversity, distribution, and seasonal abundance is therefore important from a veterinary and public health point of view. Although researchers have paid increased attention to these parasites in recent years, there is still little ecological data available on chiggers associated with birds inhabiting different types of habitats such as wetlands, for example. In 2021, we investigated the mite fauna in a specialist reedbed passerine, the bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus), and their effects on this host in the south-west Slovakia, Central Europe. A total of 1134 larvae of one mite species Blankaartia acuscutellaris were found in 99 out of 267 examined bearded tits. Juveniles were more infested than adult birds, but no differences were found between sexes. The larvae of mites first appeared on the host during the second half of June and peaked in the second half of July. After that, their numbers decreased gradually until October. Despite the relatively high prevalence and intensity of mite infestation in the bearded tit, no differences in body condition between infested and uninfested birds suggest that infestation by B. acuscutellaris may not have serious negative effects on the host health. Bearded tits can therefore be a reliable indicator of the presence of the chigger mites in wetland habitats.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Chigger mite (Acariformes: Trombiculidae) infestation in reed passerine birds in Central Europe: a case of the bearded tit Panurus biarmicus

Popis výsledku anglicky

Larval trombiculid (chigger) mites are common ectoparasites of terrestrial vertebrates including humans, causing itching and skin inflammation known as trombiculiasis. Investigating their diversity, distribution, and seasonal abundance is therefore important from a veterinary and public health point of view. Although researchers have paid increased attention to these parasites in recent years, there is still little ecological data available on chiggers associated with birds inhabiting different types of habitats such as wetlands, for example. In 2021, we investigated the mite fauna in a specialist reedbed passerine, the bearded tit (Panurus biarmicus), and their effects on this host in the south-west Slovakia, Central Europe. A total of 1134 larvae of one mite species Blankaartia acuscutellaris were found in 99 out of 267 examined bearded tits. Juveniles were more infested than adult birds, but no differences were found between sexes. The larvae of mites first appeared on the host during the second half of June and peaked in the second half of July. After that, their numbers decreased gradually until October. Despite the relatively high prevalence and intensity of mite infestation in the bearded tit, no differences in body condition between infested and uninfested birds suggest that infestation by B. acuscutellaris may not have serious negative effects on the host health. Bearded tits can therefore be a reliable indicator of the presence of the chigger mites in wetland habitats.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10613 - Zoology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2023

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Parasitology

ISSN

0031-1820

e-ISSN

1469-8161

Svazek periodika

150

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

9

Strana od-do

212-220

Kód UT WoS článku

000912196000001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85144910940